§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what representations he has received about primary aged children in receipt of an assisted place who will lose assisted status at the age of 11 years. [4744]
§ Mr. ByersI have received correspondence from bodies representing schools offering assisted places to primary age children, and from others, about the phasing out of the assisted places scheme.
§ Mr. Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many pupils residing in the Colchester parliamentary constituency benefit from an assisted place. [5005]
§ Mr. ByersInformation about the constituency area from which assisted pupils originate is not collected centrally. There are no schools participating in the assisted places scheme in the Colchester constituency.